Provided by: libstatistics-descriptive-perl_3.0800-1_all 
NAME
Statistics::Descriptive::Smoother - Base module for smoothing statistical data
VERSION
version 3.0800
SYNOPSIS
use Statistics::Descriptive::Smoother;
my $smoother = Statistics::Descriptive::Smoother->instantiate({
method => 'exponential',
coeff => 0.5,
data => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
samples => [110, 120, 130, 140, 150],
});
my @smoothed_data = $smoother->get_smoothed_data();
DESCRIPTION
This module provide methods to smooth the trend of a series of statistical data.
The methods provided are the "Exponential" and the "Weighted Exponential" (see
respectively "Statistics::Descriptive::Smoother::Exponential" and
"Statistics::Descriptive::Smoother::Weightedexponential" for more details).
This class is just a factory that will instantiate the object to perform the chosen
smoothing algorithm.
METHODS
Statistics::Descriptive::Smoother->instantiate({});
Create a new Smoother object.
This method require several parameters:
method
Method used for the smoothing. Allowed values are: "exponential" and
"weightedexponential"
coeff
Smoothing coefficient. It needs to be in the [0;1] range, otherwise undef will
be reutrned. 0 means that the series is not smoothed at all, while 1 the series
is universally equal to the initial unsmoothed value.
data Array ref with the data of the series. At least 2 values are needed to smooth
the series, undef is returned otherwise.
samples
Array ref with the samples each data value has been built with. This is an
optional parameter since it is not used by all the smoothing algorithm.
$smoother->get_smoothing_coeff();
Returns the smoothing coefficient.
$smoother->set_smoothing_coeff(0.5);
Set the smoothing coefficient value. It needs to be in the [0;1] range, otherwise
undef will be reutrned.
AUTHOR
Fabio Ponciroli
COPYRIGHT
Copyright(c) 2012 by Fabio Ponciroli.
LICENSE
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SUPPORT
Websites
The following websites have more information about this module, and may be of help to you.
As always, in addition to those websites please use your favorite search engine to
discover more resources.
• MetaCPAN
A modern, open-source CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML format.
<https://metacpan.org/release/Statistics-Descriptive>
• RT: CPAN's Bug Tracker
The RT ( Request Tracker ) website is the default bug/issue tracking system for CPAN.
<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Statistics-Descriptive>
• CPANTS
The CPANTS is a website that analyzes the Kwalitee ( code metrics ) of a distribution.
<http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/dist/Statistics-Descriptive>
• CPAN Testers
The CPAN Testers is a network of smoke testers who run automated tests on uploaded
CPAN distributions.
<http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/S/Statistics-Descriptive>
• CPAN Testers Matrix
The CPAN Testers Matrix is a website that provides a visual overview of the test
results for a distribution on various Perls/platforms.
<http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Statistics-Descriptive>
• CPAN Testers Dependencies
The CPAN Testers Dependencies is a website that shows a chart of the test results of
all dependencies for a distribution.
<http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=Statistics::Descriptive>
Bugs / Feature Requests
Please report any bugs or feature requests by email to "bug-statistics-descriptive at
rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=Statistics-Descriptive>. You will be
automatically notified of any progress on the request by the system.
Source Code
The code is open to the world, and available for you to hack on. Please feel free to
browse it and play with it, or whatever. If you want to contribute patches, please send me
a diff or prod me to pull from your repository :)
<https://github.com/shlomif/perl-Statistics-Descriptive>
git clone git://github.com/shlomif/perl-Statistics-Descriptive.git
AUTHOR
Shlomi Fish <shlomif@cpan.org>
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website
<https://github.com/shlomif/perl-Statistics-Descriptive/issues>
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing
test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 1997 by Jason Kastner, Andrea Spinelli, Colin Kuskie, and
others.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
the Perl 5 programming language system itself.